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We take pleasure sending our new Americana Catalogue, just issued. This catalogue represents our entire stock of books relating to America on hand at the present time, and is the result of purchases made in Europe and throughout the United States, but principally from the private libraries bought by us during the past two years. All works mentioned in this catalogue are now on our shelves, but in most cases we have but a single copy, so that an early order is desirable.

As is now so well known, this class of books is rapidly disappearing from the market, and the thousands of public libraries, historical societies, etc., added to the large number of collectors who are interested in this subject, make such a collection very difficult to gather. While rareties are found on nearly every page, our purpose has been to keep in stock out-of-print "working books" of recognized value at reasonable prices. It would be impossible to mention in detail all the desirable items, as this would include nearly the entire catalogue. Special attention is called to the fine collection of genealogical works.

The following is a partial list selected at random :

Early Voyages.

Anson's Voyage, 1769; Beemish, Discovery of America; Las Casas Tracts; Champlain's Voyages, 6 vols., Quebec, 1870; Clarke's Geographical Description, 1671; Works on Columbus; Douglass Summary, 1760; Groans of the Plantations, 1689; Grynæus, Novus Orbis, 1532; Lucas, Annals of the Brothers Nicolo and Antonio Zeno; Peter Martyr, 1574; Morden, Geography Rectified, 1692; Petavius, History of the World, 1659; Capt. Sharp's Voyages, 1684; Works by Capt. John Smith, Verrazano, Vespuctius.

Histories, Biographies, etc.

Adams' History of the U. S.; American Almanac, complete set; American Bibliopolist; Brown's Genesis of the U. S.; Trials of Aaron Burr, boards, uncut; Carver's Travels; Catesby, Trees and Shrubs of America, 1767; Chastellux's Travels; De Tocqueville's Democracy in America; Dunlap's Arts of Design in U. S.; Works by Benjamin Franklin; Freneau's Miscellaneous Works, 1788; Alexander Hamilton's Works; Dawson's Life of William Henry Harrison; Janson's Stranger in America, 1807; James Madison's Writings; Magazine of American History; Works on the Shakers; Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America; Biographies of John and Samuel Adams, Fisher Ames, Bancroft, Joel Barlow, Aaron Burr, Rufus Choate, Henry Clay, De Witt Clinton, Benjamin Franklin, Horace Greeley, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Gouverneur Morris, Tom Paine, E. A. Poe, John Randolph, Martin Van Buren, and others. French and Indian War.

Franklin's Interest of Great Britain Considered, 1760; Loudoun Orderly Book; Louisbourg in 1745; Observation on a Late State of the Nation, 1769; Sargent's Braddock's Expedition; History of the Reign of George III.; Life of General Wolfe.

The American Revolution.

Americans against Liberty, 1775; Barnum, Spy Unmasked; Orations on the Boston Massacre, original editions; Works on Bunker Hill; Burgoyne's Expedition from Canada, 1780; Hartley's Letters on the American War, 1778; Hull's Revolutionary Services; Major General Charles Lee; Onderdonk's Revolutionary Incidents in Kings, Queens, and Suffolk

Dr. Elliott Coues' Celebrated Series of
Western Exploration.

Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike

To the Headwaters of the Mississippi River, the Interior Parts of Louisiana,
Mexico and Texas, in the years of 1805-6-7. Reprinted in full from the ori
ginal Philadelphia edition of 1810. With copious explanatory, geographical
and scientific notes to the text, compiled from many unpublished sources of in-
formation, and embracing the results of a canoe voyage of the Editor up the
Mississippi River, a new Memoir of Pike and an Index to the whole. By Prof.
Elliott Coues, A.M., M.D., Ph.D. Edition limited, 3 vols, 8vo, 1,000 on fine
book paper.
$10.00 net per set
$20.00 net per set

150 on hand made paper.

New Light on the Early History of the Greater

Northwest

The Journals of Alexander Henry (Partner of the Northwest Company), with
Explorations and Life with the Fur Traders on the Red, Saskatchewan, and
Columbia Rivers, 1799-1814, now first published from the Coventry Manu-
scripts in the Library of Parliament, Ottawa, with which are collated the ori-
ginal unpublished manuscripts of David Thompson, Explorer and Geographer
of the Northwest Company. The whole carefully edited with copious notes
by Dr. Elliott Coues, with Maps, Index, etc. Limited edition, 3 vols., roy, 8vo.
1,000 copies, fine book paper.
100 on hand made paper.

Send for complete prospectus.

Uniform with Dr. Coues'

$10.00 net per set $20.00 net per set

The matter here pre

Lewis & Clark" and "Pike's Explorations." sented is entirely new, and hitherto unpublished and supplements and completes this editor's other works.

Dr. Coues says of this work:-"No work approaching these journals in the scope, extent variety and interest of its centents has appeared since the publication in 1801 of Sir Alexander Mackenzie's memorable voyages, and the present work will undoutedly take rank with that classic as a veritable mine of accurate information.' Send for complete prospectus.

American Explorers' Series

No. 1. THE JOURNAL OF MAJOR JACOB FOWLER

Narrating an Adventure from Arkansas through the Indian Territory, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico to the source of Rio Granda del Norte, 1821-22, now first printed from his original manuscript, carefully edited by Dr. Elliott Coues. Plate. Edition limited to 950 numbered copies. 8vo, cloth, $3.00 net An important and hitherto unknown exploration. He was the first white man to travel much of his route including the ascent of the Arkansas as far as Pueblo, the trail through Colorado, Kansas, etc. No. 2. FORTY YEARS A FUR TRADER ON THE UPPER MISSOURI

The personal narrative of Charles Larpenteur, from a hitherto unknown MS.
in the author's handwriting. Edited with full commentary by Dr. Coues.
Illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Edition limited to 950 numbered copies.
$6.00 net

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LIBRARIES PURCHASED.—We are at all times ready to purchase for

cash, at full market value, large or small collections of books.

PRICED CATALOGUE

OF A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF

SCARCE AND

OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS

RELATING TO THE

DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT, AND HISTORY OF THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE

COMPRISING

Early Voyages of Discovery, Pre-Columbian and Columbian;
First Settlement of the Colonies; French and Indian War;
The Revolution, Washingtoniana; War of 1812; War with
Mexico; Civil and Political History of the United States;
Rare State, County, and Town Local Histories of every
State and Territory; Biographies of Eminent Men; An
Unusual Collection of Family Histories and Genealogies;
The American Indians, their Antiquities, Ethnology, History,
Wars, and Languages; Arctic Voyages of Discovery; British
America, Canada; Mexico; Central and South America and
the West Indian Islands.

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